• Cowen, Tyler. Creative Destruction. Chapters 4, 5, & 6.

Congrats for finishing the semester!! Happy Holidays!!

• Cowen, Tyler. Creative Destruction. Chapters 1, 2, & 3.

There’s only one more blog response opportunity after this one, so if you still need to meet your minimum 3 blog response quota for this half of the semester, be sure to do so!

• Thomlinson, John. Globalization and Culture, Chapter 4—available on Blackboard.
• Bagdikian, Ben. New Media Monopoly, Chapter 2—available on Blackboard.
• Canclini, Néstor García, “Hybrid Cultures”—available on Blackboard.

We only have three blog responses left, so if you still need to do some to meet the minimum three for this half of the semester, please make sure you get them in.

• Davis, Mike. Planet of the Slums, Chapters 1 & 2 (I’m having scanner problems, so you’ll have to view/read on google books – and there are a few pages missing, but most of it is there; I’m most interested in you getting the overall picture of poverty that Davis paints for us (particularly in relation to globalization trends, outsourcing, economics, etc.). For those presenting this material, there is more than enough to work with, still – (I think only like 6 pages total are missing from the 50 pages in these two chapters). And you don’t have to cover all the material, but rather focus in on a few salient points.
• Thomlinson, John. Globalization and Culture, Chapters 1 & 3—available on Blackboard.

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 6 & 7.

Also – to see updated presentation schedule, please click here.

For Monday, November 9th, please read:

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 3, 4, & 5.

Post your blog responses for this reading here by November 9th. Same presenters as originally scheduled.

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 1 & 2

Please take your time reading through these chapters carefully (your understanding of the concept of neoliberalism will be crucial come final exam time).  Also make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you, as usual, to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.

• Klein, Naomi. No logo. Chapters 7 & 9

Also – October 26th is the last date (before class begins) to get your third blog response in for this half of the semester (and an extra credit blog response, should you decide to do one).

• Klein, Naomi. No logo. Chapters 1, 3 & 5.

Please make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.

• Gabor, Steingart (2008). The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization Or why the Flat World is Broken. Chapters 3, 4 & 5.

Please make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.